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If Your Work Camping Job Is Not What You Thought

I was so excited to go to a work camping job that had many scenic opportunities, a safe and FREE place to stay, good money to earn, get away from the heat and experience a little cooler conditions in the summer, and learn a new skill. We were told what hours we would work, days off and site accommodations. My husband and I were both excited and agreed if this worked out we might come up to the same place each year until we do not have to work camp. Wellll……

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When Something Happens Along Your Journey

I felt so sick, sick to my stomach, mentally unfocused, the heat ever rising and then the chills in my body and eventually, the ever persistent aches and pains. How could I feel so bad on such a wonderful time of traveling, even though we were work camping, but still able to travel to the most amazing destinations we ever saw? And actually we just came back from visiting Glacier National Park!

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Accepting Change Even If You Do Not Want To!

Standing on a mountain peak, I looked around the desert landscape before me. I have seen it before, but today it was different. I murmured the words,

“I have changed.”

Find out how change can be good, yes good, even for you!

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A Smelly RV?

I noticed a smell. I have a nose that can smell very well, almost too well. My husband could not smell it. Then it seemingly disappeared, or I got used to the smell. It is like when there is a new smell in your home or that new car smell, and after a while you get acclimated to it, right?

Find out what happened and how God used this smell and turned it into a fragrance of beautiful roses!

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The “Dark Side” of Work Camping

She gave me the cold shoulder, and I in turn did the same thing. This is what us females are great at, are we not? It hurt me to do this, but she was not kind to me since we started a work camping gig.

Find out the real truth about work camping and some tips to keep you going!

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Perspective of Fulltime Rving: 1 Year

I remember how excited I was to start fulltime rving. The joy and the eagerness to start was very much evident as we planned and plotted how we were going to fulltime rv, the places we would go, the adventures we would seek. Ah, yes, fulltime rving was the ticket for a dreamy retirement life, full of wonderful memories and much laughter. Weeeellllll…

I want to share useful advice that I wish someone shared with me before we started fulltime rving!

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A Thousand Dollar Tooth For That Million Dollar Smile

I love cheese. I simply adore the taste and feel of cheese. The ooey-gooey taste of cheese melting in my mouth, the joy it brings to my taste buds. One day I was eating a soft and cool to the touch type of cheese, kind of like a sandwich cheese. I was waiting for my buds to spring to life as I devoured the cheese, but something happened.

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How To Keep Your Sanity When You Breakdown!

“We are losing power,” my husband said after a non-chalant drive as we headed out of town. Slowly and carefully, the semi was slowing down to a crawl, barely enough power to get us on a safe off ramp from the hustling and bustling freeway we were exiting from. Pulling over to the side, he put the brakes on, shut the beast off and stepped outside.

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Traveling Is So Hard to Do!

Fresh tears gently cascading down, my hair catching some of the tears, sticking to my face, like honey to a bee, I was curled up in a ball, in a fetal position. I wished I could snap my fingers and things would be better, different…

You want to know the TRUTH about fulltime RVing?

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5 Top Reasons Why Boondocking is Not Cheap!

Boondocking is a beautiful experience, one that I believe everyone should try. It is unique, not your everyday type of camping, full of learning and lessons to be learned. But is it cheap as others have said? Find out as you read this enticing and truthful blog!

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Lessons Learned From A Small Town Mechanic

Imagine you are running in a race and there are runners behind you, trying to overtake you. You suddenly stop, for a side cramp, trying to breathe in and out carefully. The person that was running behind you tries to stop but had too much momentum to stop and runs right into you, causing you to fall along with this runner.

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